O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.]

The petitioner herein is the father of the detenu viz., Selvam, S/o.

Karuppathevar, aged 44 years, now confined at Central Prison, Coimbatore, has come forward with this Habeas Corpus Petition challenging the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent in Cr.M.P.No.36/D.O./2024 dated

03.07.2024.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondents.

3. Though several grounds are raised in the petition, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that there is an inordinate delay in passing the order of detention.

4. In the instant case, the detenu was arrested on 20.05.2024 and thereafter, the detention order came to be passed on 03.07.2024. This fact is not disputed by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor.

5. In the case of Sushanta Kumar Banik vs. State of Tripura1, when there was an inordinate delay from the date of proposal till passing of the detention order and likewise, between the date of detention order and the actual arrest, the Hon'ble Supreme Court had held that the live and proximate link, between the grounds and the pur